WATERBURY – Only 14.6 percent of the city’s registered voters participated in the Nov. 7 election, leaving city leaders to wonder how to re-engage residents in their government. “Perhaps we need to work harder to get the message out,” Mayor…

WATERBURY – Robin Jean McCarthy passed peacefully on Nov. 14, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. Robin was born Nov. 23, 1956, in Waterbury, daughter of the late Agnes (Kilgallen) McCarthy, and the late Edward McCarthy. She was also predeceased…

WATERBURY – City voters stayed home in record numbers Tuesday, with only a 14 percent turnout for the municipal elections in Waterbury, according to unofficial returns. It’s a historic low in turnout, and continues a cycle of decline. In 2011,…

WATERBURY – The gymnasium at Sprague Elementary School was mostly filled Thursday night as dozens of families gathered for the school’s International Night. It was Sprague’s second International Night, but the first event in which families were invited to make…

WATERBURY – Officials have been working on plans for the Naugatuck River Greenway so long that residents routinely wonder if it’s really going to be built at all. The Board of Aldermen agreed Monday night to borrow $9.5 million to…

WATERBURY – Monday morning marked the end of summer vacation for the city’s public school students, most of whom were back in class. Yellow school buses could be seen throughout the city before 7 a.m., with the first run picking…

WATERBURY – Thirteen preschool providers received Board of Education approval for funding via the state’s School Readiness Grant program for the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 school years. For the current fiscal year, the grant, which totals just over $9.9 million, will…

MILFORD – Regina “Jean” (Neuens) Beccia, 95, of Milford, formerly of Waterbury, passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by her loving family, Sunday morning, June 25, 2017. She was the widow of the late Michael Beccia. Regina was born…

WATERBURY – A day after parents of city students received a phone call alerting them that two schools had recently failed testing of lead levels found in drinking water, city school, public health and water officials said the issue is…